3rd Sheffield Chess International
Open SwissStandard
57 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Sheffield, England. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2126, and top seed was Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl (🇮🇹 ITA, 2222).
Owen Crawford (🇬🇧 ENG, 2122) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Srivathsan Sasikumar (4.5) and Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl (4.0). Crawford shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Andy Yang (1682) beat William Ward (1888), a +206-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Sheffield, England
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×47
🇮🇳India×2
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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9
2
1
2
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Owen Crawford held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Crawford takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Owen Crawford 4 wins (R1–R4)Srivathsan Sasikumar 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Owen Crawford | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Srivathsan Sasikumar | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Sooraj M R | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawford, Owen | 2122 | ENG | +25B | +13N | +5B | +7B | =3N | 4.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 14.50 | 2386 | +28.0 |
| 2 | Sasikumar, Srivathsan | 2021 | ENG | +43N | =8N | +26B | +16B | +6N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 12.25 | 2395 | +68.4 |
| 3 | Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa | 2222 | ITA | +32N | +15B | =11N | +12B | =1B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.75 | 2265 | +6.0 |
| 4 | Sooraj M R | 2086 | IND | +27N | +14B | −7N | +11B | +15N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 11.50 | 2183 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Quaite, Toby | 2072 | ENG | +23N | +10B | −1N | +40B | =7N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 2064 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Gomez, Daniel | 2096 | ENG | +44N | +17B | =12N | +21B | −2B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 8.50 | 2174 | +8.2 |
| 7 | Jaunooby, Ali R | 2059 | ENG | +53N | +49B | +4B | −1N | =5B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 2080 | +4.6 |
| 8 | Vaidyanathan, AdithyaFM | 2129 | ENG | +31N | =2B | +18N | F | +13B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 10.25 | 2204 | +10.8 |
| 9 | Klimchik, Alexandr | 2095 | ENG | +33B | −22N | +24B | +14N | =10B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.25 | 1966 | -22.4 |
| 10 | Zhelev, Momchil | 1827 | BUL | +56N | −5N | +42B | +17B | =9N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 2061 | +35.6 |
| 11 | Ganti, Shriaansh | 2080 | ENG | +34B | +35N | =3B | −4N | =26B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.25 | 2015 | -13.2 |
| 12 | Starley, Robert | 2068 | ENG | +37B | +42N | =6B | −3N | =19B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.75 | 1944 | -10.2 |
| 13 | Wills, Tom | 1991 | ENG | +52N | −1B | +34N | +32B | −8N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1891 | -7.6 |
| 14 | Abdul Quadri, Abdul Qahar | 0 | ENG | +29B | −4N | +30B | −9B | +31N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1902 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Rich, AaronCM | 2035 | ENG | +30B | −3N | +45B | +46N | −4B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1986 | -6.8 |
| 16 | Larchikov, Maksym | 2149 | UKR | F | +28N | +36B | −2N | +22B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 2027 | -14.4 |
| 17 | Rughani, Mahin | 2015 | ENG | +54B | −6N | +33B | −10N | +29B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1748 | -40.4 |
| 18 | Pasialis, Vasileios | 0 | GRE | F | +38N | −8B | +25N | +24B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1951 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Vaidyanathan, Sathya | 1785 | ENG | −21N | +43B | =44N | +48B | =12N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1900 | +15.2 |
| 20 | Heritage, Jamie | 2022 | ENG | −42B | +37N | F | +38B | +23N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.50 | 2497 | +15.6 |
| 21 | Wall, Tim PFM | 2210 | ENG | +19B | =24N | +22B | −6N | F | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 2062 | -13.0 |
| 22 | Sullivan, Daniel | 1936 | ENG | +57N | +9B | −21N | =23B | −16N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1947 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Yang, Andy | 1682 | ENG | −5B | +51N | +35B | =22N | −20B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1893 | +34.4 |
| 24 | Allison, Mark S | 2026 | ENG | +55N | =21B | −9N | +41B | −18N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 2017 | +3.6 |
| 25 | Czarnuch, Dominic | 1756 | ENG | −1N | +52B | =48N | −18B | +44N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1592 | -18.4 |
| 26 | Shivakumar, Akshath | 1863 | ENG | F | +47B | −2N | +49B | =11N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1858 | -0.4 |
| 27 | FIDE 30965942 | 0 | — | −4B | −29N | +52B | +56N | =35B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1795 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Greatorex, Roger | 1739 | ENG | F | −16B | =39N | +30N | +46B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 2015 | +19.8 |
| 29 | FIDE 343486843 | 0 | — | −14N | +27B | −32N | +34B | −17N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1107 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Fletcher, Ben J | 1642 | ENG | −15N | +31B | −14N | −28B | +50N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1727 | +9.6 |
| 31 | Crow, Steve | 1782 | ENG | −8B | −30N | +54B | +37N | −14B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1690 | -9.0 |
| 32 | Woozeer, Seth | 1798 | ENG | −3B | +53N | +29B | −13N | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1824 | -0.8 |
| 33 | Holroyd-Doveton, Nathaniel | 1697 | ENG | −9N | +57B | −17N | +50B | −40N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1199 | -9.2 |
| 34 | Magee, Sean | 0 | ENG | −11N | +50B | −13B | −29N | +51B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1236 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Ward, William | 1888 | ENG | +50N | −11B | −23N | =55B | =27N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1507 | -27.4 |
| 36 | Alderton, Julian | 0 | ENG | F | +39B | −16N | +44B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1349 | 0.0 |
| 37 | French, Morgan | 1674 | ENG | −12N | −20B | +57N | −31B | +48N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1637 | -13.2 |
| 38 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1735 | ENG | F | −18B | +47N | −20N | +55B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1800 | +5.2 |
| 39 | Hughes, Michael | 0 | ENG | F | −36N | =28B | =42N | +43B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1739 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Gunarathne, Senith Thenula | 1887 | ENG | +51B | F | F | −5N | +33B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1885 | -0.4 |
| 41 | Rohman, Mohammed | 1756 | ENG | F | =48B | =49N | −24N | +42B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1544 | -21.2 |
| 42 | Adams, Tom | 0 | ENG | +20N | −12B | −10N | =39B | −41N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1725 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Gumulka, Tadeusz | 0 | ENG | −2B | −19N | +51B | =45N | −39N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 1573 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Walshaw, Matthew | 0 | ENG | −6B | +54N | =19B | −36N | −25B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1606 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Richards, Simon | 1730 | ENG | F | =46B | −15N | =43B | =49N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1769 | +2.8 |
| 46 | Layhe, Simon | 1888 | ENG | F | =45N | +56B | −15B | −28N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1562 | -24.2 |
| 47 | Turner, Johnny | 0 | ENG | F | −26N | −38B | =54N | +56B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.25 | 999 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Attia, Ashraf | 1448 | ENG | F | =41N | =25B | −19N | −37B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1550 | +15.6 |
| 49 | Nripesh Niketan | 0 | IND | F | −7N | =41B | −26N | =45B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.75 | 1659 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Fairclough, Adam P | 0 | ENG | −35B | −34N | +53B | −33N | −30B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Lally, Michael | 0 | ENG | −40N | −23B | −43N | +53B | −34N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1618 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 343420893 | 0 | — | −13B | −25N | −27N | +57B | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1073 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Eddershaw, John | 1659 | ENG | −7B | −32B | −50N | −51N | +57B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1129 | -15.6 |
| 54 | Shipley, Hugh | 0 | ENG | −17N | −44B | −31N | =47B | F | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.75 | 1099 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Gunarathne, Miheli | 1577 | ENG | −24B | F | F | =35N | −38N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1594 | -0.4 |
| 56 | Sahu, Theo | 0 | ENG | −10B | F | −46N | −27B | −47N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1057 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 343486878 | 0 | — | −22B | −33N | −37B | −52N | −53N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 942 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sasikumar, SrivathsanENG+68.44.5 pts · #3
- 2Zhelev, MomchilBUL+35.63.5 pts · #23
- 3Yang, AndyENG+34.42.5 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Rughani, MahinENG-40.43.0 pts · #34
- 2Ward, WilliamENG-27.42.0 pts · #43
- 3Layhe, SimonENG-24.21.5 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R3+206 Elo gap
- R4+188 Elo gap
- R2+159 Elo gap